Bhubaneswar: Family members of a Plus II first-year student, who died after allegedly falling from the fourth floor of a college building in Odisha’s Kendujhar district, have appealed to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi for justice.
The family feels the nature of death was suspicious and, therefore, sought CM Majhi’s intervention for a thorough investigation and stringent action against those responsible.
Aditya Palei, the deceased, was the only son of Sudhanshu Palei, a resident of Nalapanga village under Harichandanpur police station limits in Keonjhar.
Aditya was a first-year student of Plus II Science stream at CTG College in Keonjhar town.
The family said they received a call from college authorities at around 2 pm on November 6, informing them that Aditya had fallen from the rooftop of the college building and been hospitalised.
On reaching the hospital, family members said they found Aditya writhing in pain and pleading with them to save his life. He told them that one of his hands was fractured and he was experiencing severe pain in his chest and back.
Aditya was shifted to a private hospital Bhubaneswar, but passed away while undergoing treatment there.
The circumstances surrounding his death have raised several questions. The family has questioned how Aditya could have fallen from a four-storeyed building without sustaining visible external injuries or profuse bleeding.
